People have always frightened and bored me consequently I have been within my own shell.

The secret of success is… to be fully awake to everything about you.

When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing.

When I am in a painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It is only after a sort of 'get acquainted' period that I see what I have been about. I have no fears about making changes, destroying the image, etc, because the painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through. It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well.

I continue to get further away from the usual painter's tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc.

Something in me knows where I’m going, and - well, painting is a state of being. ... Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.

Today painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. Most modern painters work from a different source. They work from within.